Smithsonian American Art Museum
Contemporary Stage Design: USA
June 20, 1975 – September 7, 1975
Celebrate the first comprehensive exhibition of American scene and costume design ever assembled, prior to its representing the US in the Third Prague Quadrennial, a worldwide scene design exhibition in January, 1976. It includes 12 three-dimensional set models and 147 paintings, sketches, renderings and collages of set and costume designs of the past decade. Encompassing designs for opera, ballet, musicals and drama, it includes productions on Broadway, Off Broadway, and in regional, experimental and university theaters.
Following its appearance in Prague, the exhibition will travel for two years throughout the US under the sponsorship of SITES. The show was organized by the International Theatre Institute of the US, Inc., a service organization for theater professionals.
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